17Making of detention application

#### 17 Making of detention application 17 Making of detention application > > (1) Where practicable, a prosecutor must make a detention application in writing and in the approved form. > > > (2) A court must not decline to hear a detention application only on the basis the detention application is not made in writing. > > > (3) A court may make a decision on a detention application even if the application does not comply with this section. > > > (4) A prosecutor may, in one detention application, make a detention application in relation to more than one offence committed or alleged to have been committed by the same person. > > **s 17:** Am 2025 (662), Sch 1\[2\].